open handset alliance

Today marks the fifth birthday of the organization that made Android possible -- the Open Handset Alliance. On Nov. 5, 2007, Google, T-Mobile, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung and others joined forces and announced the development of the Android mobile platform.
The result of Google's 2005 acquisition of Andy Rubin's Android, Inc., the first version of Android wouldn't appear on handsets until a year...

Android's own Andy Rubin took to blogging this evening to respond to the reports floating around about Acer pulling out of a planned launch of an Aliyun OS powered-smartphone in China. Aliyun is an OS that uses the Android runtime -- that's a fancy name for the bits in the OS that can run the apps.
Acer abruptly canceled the phone launch, while journalists were in the air traveling to the event...

Fresh off the news that Acer is joining the Open Handset Alliance and releasing an Android phone in Q4 2009, we have reports that an Acer Android-powered Netbook will be coming earlier than that: in Q3 2009. Details are predictably sparse but a real live Android netbook should garner some interest, especially if it releases as early as July.Though we're still unsure about how Android will...

All signs have been pointing to Acer joining the Android Phone brigade and it's finally official: Acer has announced that they're joining the Open Handset Alliance and bringing an Android Phone to the market by late 2009.The Open Handset Alliance and its members work towards the develop Android and stay committed to openness. Currently there are over 40 members in the Open Handset Alliance and...

We reported that France would get a taste of the facelifted HTC Dream (aka the T-Mobile G1) sometime soon. Now the official date is out of the bag: March 15th. What's most interesting about the announcement of the HTC Dream on Orange France is that Orange isn't part of the Open Handset Alliance. Is this a sign of things to come?
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Android may be the new kid on the block, but it's growing up fast. The Open Handset Alliance just scored 14 new members in a move that can propel Android to the big leagues! The members are: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony...

zzzPhone has seemingly come through on their promise in combining the notorious zzzPhone with the exciting Android OS. We at Android Central are definitely surprised that zzzPhone has become the 2nd Android Device on the market over the likes of bigger, more capable companies. Ahem, Moto.
We had cracked that their website was ridden in spelling errors and poor design, and well, it looks like...

Hop-on recently revealed their Android roadmap detailing two devices for Android. Specifically, one will be a multimedia based with GPS tracking and the other will be a standard Android phone. What standard Android phone actually means, remains to be seen but I assume expect a touchscreen and some decent horsepower.
What is more interesting is that both phones will utilize a UMA-esque type...

Hop-On, a company who has committed to Android, is questioning Sprint's lack of Android device and Dan Hesse's comments on Android not being ready. What does Hop-On blame? Sprint's fear of losing marketshare. They feel that Sprint invested a ton of money in their own network that they're fearful of losing all that hard work by going open source. Hop-on thinks Sprint is reneging on their promise...

Remember our report on OpenMoko adopting Android? Well, it's looking like it'll become a reality sooner than later because some pictures have popped up showing Android running on the Neo FreeRunner - an OpenMoko device. We'll be on the lookout for a potential video that will surely pop up to show Android running on the device. These pictures coincide with our initial report of a November...

It seems like every week there's a new company announcing their plans for Android. This time around, Asus, famous for their netbooks, is the one making the news. They've just announced their Android plans for Taiwan and a Early 2009 release date is looking likely. After their initial effort, they'll look to bring customized versions to different countries.
If you remember correctly, back in...

So you're Google Founder Sergey Brin and you're asked what you think of the T-Mobile G1 and Android, what do you say? Well, it'll probably go something like this:
I've been using mine for a few months now as my primary phone and it's been very, very helpful. It really integrates Google services very nicely on the phone. It has a really great Web browser. I'm able to search and browse through...

When we first reported about Motorola upping their Android Team to 350 people from 50, we were unsurprised. Motorola needs Android to continue being a player in the cell phone industry. So now that official word comes that Motorola is going to make Android devices, how does Android Central feel? Excited
We’re excited about the innovation possibilities on Android, and [we] look forward to...

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